A Few Good Books - lissett.com

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. Anaïs Nin

Contemporary Drawing: Key Concepts and Techniques. Margaret Davidson, 2011.
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World. Michael Lewis, 2011.
Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness. Nicholas Humphrey, 2011.
Truly Mexican: Essential Recipes and Techniques for Authentic Mexican Cooking. Roberto Santibañez, 2011.
A Planet of Viruses. Carl Zimmer, 2011.
Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World. Patrick Smith, 2010.
Why the West Rules - For Now: The patterns of history, and what they reveal about the future. Ian Morris, 2010.
Three Questions We Never Stop Asking. Michael Kellogg, 2010.
Adventures among Ants: a global safari with a cast of trillions. Mark W. Moffett, 2010.
The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century. George Friedman, 2009.
Introduction to California's Beaches and Coast. Gary Griggs, 2010.
The plasma universe Curt Suplee, 2009.
The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right. Atul Gawande, 2009.
What's wrong with contemporary art? Peter Timms, 2004.
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human. Richard Wrangham, 2009.
why does E=mc² ? (and why should we care?) Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw, 2009.
Quirks of Human Anatomy: An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body. Lewis I. Held Jr., 2009.
The Language of Things: Understanding the world of desirable objects. Deyan Sudjic, 2008.
Solving Stonehenge: The new key to an ancient enigma. Anthony Johnson, 2008.
How Life Began: Evolution's Three Geneses. Alexandre Meinesz, 2008.
The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking. Stephen Law, 2003.
How To Read The Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now. James L. Kugel, 2007.
Sketching User Experiences: getting the design right and the right design. Bill Buxton, 2007.
Day Hiking North Cascades: mount baker / mountain loop highway / san juan islands. Craig Romano, 2008.
The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian. Robin Lane Fox, 2006.
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq. Rory Stewart, 2006.